Senate roll call 50 · 51st Congress · Mar 14, 1890
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On Mar 14, 1890, the Senate voted 37–13 (S 157). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 24–9, Democrats 15–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 14 members voted against their own party.
During the 51st Congress (1889–1890), Benjamin Harrison was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 37
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Mar 14, 1890
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 5 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans24 yes · 9 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR voted no
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD voted no
- James Mcmillan R-MI voted no
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted no
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted no
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- John Coit Spooner R-WI voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Henderson Berry D-AR
- George Hearst D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Anthony Higgins R-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- William Drew Washburn R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Cary Walthall D-MS
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Gilbert Ashville Pierce R-ND
- Lyman Rufus Casey R-ND
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Eaton Chandler R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Frank Hiscock R-NY
- Henry B. Payne D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Nathan Fellows Dixon R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Franklin Pettigrew R-SD
- William Brimage Bate D-TN
- John Henninger Reagan D-TX
- Richard Coke D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Beard Allen R-WA
- Watson Carvosso Squire R-WA
How each senator voted: No
- James Kimbrough Jones D-AR
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Ephraim King Wilson D-MD
- James Mcmillan R-MI
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Rufus Blodgett D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Coit Spooner R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Leland Stanford R-CA
- Edward Oliver Wolcott R-CO
- George Gray D-DE
- Samuel Pasco D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- George Laird Shoup R-ID
- William John Mcconnell R-ID
- Charles Benjamin Farwell R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- David Turpie D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Griffin Carlisle D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Francis Brown Stockbridge R-MI
- Cushman Kellogg Davis R-MN
- Thomas Charles Power R-MT
- Wilbur Fiske Sanders R-MT
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Gilman Marston R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Maxwell Evarts R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Stanley Quay R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Gideon Curtis Moody R-SD
- John Strode Barbour Jr. D-VA
- John Warwick Daniel D-VA
- Charles James Faulkner D-WV
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Francis Emroy Warren R-WY
- Joseph Maull Carey R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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